Time trends of the prevalence of allergic diseases in Korea: A systematic literature review

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The prevalence of allergic diseases has increased dramatically in recent decades, and are now considered major chronic diseases at the global level. The increasing burden of allergic diseases has led to numerous worldwide and local researchers to investigate the time trends in its prevalence and identify its driving factors. Environmental changes such as urbanization and industrialization have been suggested to explain the increasing prevalence, but recent reports from Western countries suggest that this prevalence has reached a plateau or even possibly, started to decrease. However, such environmental changes are still occurring in many Asia-Pacific countries, including Korea, and it is speculated that the peak in allergy epidemics has yet to come. The present systematic literature review aimed to explore the time trends in the prevalence of allergic diseases in Korea and to identify the unmet needs for facilitating further studies.

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Asia Pac Allergy

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Asia Pac Allergy

Journal ID (publisher-id): APA

Title: Asia Pacific Allergy

Publisher: Asia Pacific Association of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology

ISSN (Print): 2233-8276

ISSN (Electronic): 2233-8268

Publication date Collection: January 2018

Publication date (Electronic): 29 January 2018

Volume: 8

Issue: 1

Electronic Location Identifier: e8

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[1 ]Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea.

[2 ]Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 03080, Korea.

[3 ]Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam 13620, Korea.

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Correspondence: Yoon-Seok Chang. Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 82 Gumi-ro 173 beon-gil, Bundang-gu, Seongnam 13620, Korea. Tel: +82-31-787-7023, Fax: +82-31-787-4052, addchang@ 123456snu.ac.kr

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Yoon-Seok Chang https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3157-0447

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DOI: 10.5415/apallergy.2018.8.e8

PMC ID: 5796968

PubMed ID: 29423375

SO-VID: 2ed4eb83-af60-41c3-92ad-7e7a768e4883

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This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Date received : 19 January 2018

Date accepted : 27 January 2018

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Funded by: National Health Insurance Service, CrossRef http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003646;

Award ID: 2016-2-0005

Funded by: Ministry of Health and Welfare, CrossRef http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003625;

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